12 June 2013 Last updated at 08:10 GMT
Mali's rebel Tuaregs are ready to sign a deal that would pave the way for nationwide polls but interim authorities have demanded further amendments.
Southeast Asia
Next generation radicals in Indonesia
By Jacob Zenn
JAKARTA - Driven by strong exports and buoyant domestic markets, Indonesia is projected to be among the world's top 10 economies by 2025. While the future looks bright for Southeast Asia's largest economy, a growing tide of religious intolerance threatens to undermine those gains. Where officials have in the past attributed religious violence and terrorism to foreign influenced groups, now the threats to stability are more clearly homegrown.
In the late 1990s and 2000s Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) was the main threat in Indonesia. The radical group attacked foreign tourists in Bali in 2002 and 2005, the Australian embassy in Jakarta in 2004, the J W Marriott hotel in Jakarta in 2003 and 2009, and the Ritz
Carlton hotel in the capital city in 2009.
Turkey protests: Uneasy calm in Istanbul's Taksim Square
There is an uneasy calm in central Istanbul after an night of clashes which saw Turkish riot police disperse anti-government demonstrators.
The protesters had gathered on Taksim Square after a day of sporadic clashes.
Many have regrouped in nearby Gezi Park, whose proposed redevelopment sparked the protests which have widened into nationwide anti-government unrest.
The prime minister has said there will be no tolerance of people he accuses of seeking to harm Turkey.
The demonstrators accuse Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan of becoming increasingly authoritarian and trying to impose conservative Islamic values on a secular state.
Journalists refuse to leave suspended Greek state broadcaster
State TV and radio signals cut earlier today after government shuts down ERT
Journalists fired from Greece’s state TV and radio have refused to leave the broadcaster’s headquarters, continuing internet programming as the country’s conservative-led government faced political crisis a year after taking office.
State TV and radio signals were cut early today after the government closed the Hellenic Broadcasting Corp, ERT, and fired its 2,500 workers, citing the need to cut “incredible waste” as the bailed out country endures a sixth year of recession.
But thousands of protesters remained outside ERT’s giant headquarters in Aghia Paraskevi, north of Athens, through the night as journalists continued a live broadcast which was streamed online.
Mali Tuaregs and Bamako on brink of election deal
Mali's rebel Tuaregs are ready to sign a deal that would pave the way for nationwide polls but interim authorities have demanded further amendments.
Rebels from the National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA) and the High Council for the Unity of Azawad (HCUA) groups, that want autonomy for the northern Tuareg homeland they call Azawad, said they were prepared to ink a document put forward by regional mediator Burkina Faso.
"We won't obstruct the process," an official in the Tuareg delegation told Agence France-Presse (AFP) on Tuesday. "When the time comes, we'll sign no problem."
The MNLA controls the key northern town of Kidal and has been reluctant to let government troops step in to secure the planned July 28 presidential ballot.
Fighting inflation: 'Army' of Kirchner supporters monitor prices in Argentina
Some 3,000 pro-Kirchner activists march store aisles nationwide making sure there's no overcharging for the 500 goods under a new price freeze.
Sporting sleeveless jerseys branded with a government campaign slogan, young followers ofPresident Cristina Fernández de Kirchner march down supermarket aisles to check on price freezes imposed by her administration.
The freezes, which apply to 500 products, are the latest attempt by the Argentine government to tame inflation that private economists put at 24 percent – the second-highest rate in South America after Venezuela. President Kirchner says she is protecting consumers by combating the “big monopolies,” blamed for increasing prices. But critics insist the controls are a superficial measure that do little to tackle the problem of inflation in the longterm, and lead to shortages.
A reported 3,000 pro-Kirchner youth activists nationwide are entrusted with making sure stores do not overcharge for the goods, which range from minced meat and pasta to cooking oil and cookies.
Pakistani army makes key gains against Taliban militants
By Tom Hussain | McClatchy Foreign Staff
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan’s military operations against Taliban insurgents in the country’s northwest tribal areas have reached a turning point with the imminent retaking of a militant stronghold near the legendary Khyber Pass.
After months of operations, which saw Pakistani special forces parachute into the area in March, the military succeeded over the weekend in taking mountain ridges that overlook the junction of the Khyber and Kurram tribal agencies, prompting insurgents of the self-described Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan to flee.
"All the dominating heights in the area have been secured by the security forces," Pakistan’s Inter Services Public Relations has announced.
Southeast Asia
Jun 12, '13
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Next generation radicals in Indonesia
By Jacob Zenn
JAKARTA - Driven by strong exports and buoyant domestic markets, Indonesia is projected to be among the world's top 10 economies by 2025. While the future looks bright for Southeast Asia's largest economy, a growing tide of religious intolerance threatens to undermine those gains. Where officials have in the past attributed religious violence and terrorism to foreign influenced groups, now the threats to stability are more clearly homegrown.
In the late 1990s and 2000s Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) was the main threat in Indonesia. The radical group attacked foreign tourists in Bali in 2002 and 2005, the Australian embassy in Jakarta in 2004, the J W Marriott hotel in Jakarta in 2003 and 2009, and the Ritz
Carlton hotel in the capital city in 2009.
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